Deserts in San Diego County have been unusually filled with blooming wildflowers due to unseasonal rains. The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest nature preserve in California. It has numerous protected plants and animals, including the endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep. Rainfall totals by March 3 have reached 6.53 inches which crossed the park’s average yearly rainfall of 5.32 inches. This weather incident will extend the bloom of the desert flowers. Majority of these flowers are only seen during late winter and early spring. But this time they have bloomed earlier, just during fall and winter. Currently visitors can spot … Continue reading Bloom of the Century in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park